THE CHASE FOR THE SPRINT CUPSTATS after Texas Motor Speedway, 11/8/2009

CHASE RACE 8 of 10

2009 CHASE FOR THE SPRINT CUP

After Race #8 of 10:Texas
#2

Races Left in the Chase:2(20%)

Phoenix

Homestead

Pos./LW/GainSeason/OutLastLastSeasonChaseTopTopBottom

On 1st Chaseof 1stRace51—2—31—2—35s10s10s

1/1-Johnson (-111)6297/1267+7338/497646—4—13—1—014-522-74-1

2/2-Martin (+111)6224/1184-734/1606735—3—01—1—013-420-65-0

3/3-JGordon (+80)6185/1175-11213/1297371—8—10—2—016-423-52-0

4/6-KuBusch (+141)6126/1116-1711/1906662—1—21—0—09-219-53-0

5/5-Stewart (+101)6119/1089-1786/1506354—4—31—0—015-223-52-1

6/4-Montoya (+3)6061/1061-23637/525610—1—40—0—37-517-52-2

7/7-Biffle (+93)6050/1050-2478/1426130—0—30—0—110-216-42-0

8/11-Hamlin (+126)5975/955-3222/1755233—4—21—2—013-418-46-3

9/8-Newman (+78)5973/973-32412/1275860—1—10—0—05-015-32-1

10/9-Kahne (+15)5898/878-39933/645372—1—20—1—17-214-44-3

11/10-Edwards (-3)5857/857-44039/464710—1—20—0—07-013-23-2

12/12-Vickers (+31)5777/772-52026/854821—0—00—0—04-013-04-2

2009 CHASE BY RACE

NHDOKSCACHMATATXPHHO

1—Johnson419112638

2—Martin1274178284

3—J Gordon15622452013

4—Ku Busch651181017301

5—Stewart14915139356

6—Montoya34433531937

7—Biffle913320162548

8—Hamlin222537421382

9—Newman 71022151173612

10—Kahne388634332233

11—Edwards171110639201439

12—Vickers1118372934111326

NOTES:

JOHNSON’S INCREDIBLE STREAK IS OVER, BUT NOT A HORSE RACE
YET:Jimmie
Johnson’s mind-numbing streak of 33 Chase races with no worse than a 15th
place finish, 29 top 10s, 22 top 5s and 11 wins, ended in the early mishap at
Texas. ABC’s announcers understandably were giddy at the prospect of the
championship race tightening, but Mark Martin fell 35 points of maximizing the
opportunity and Jeff Gordon came up 66 points short. Johnson’s 73-point advantage
is still the second largest in Chase history with two to go. Now, let something
happen at PIR and we will truly have a horse race at Homestead.

NO EARLY CLINCH:Johnson’s trouble at Texas prevented the first-ever “early clinch,” meaning he
could have been the first champion in the six years of the Chase sew it up
before Homestead.

WIN CHART:Johnson
also leads with 6 wins this year, followed by Mark Martin with 5, and Tony
Stewart and Kyle Busch each have 4. Denny Hamlin has 3. Why don’t we have an
award for most wins in a season?

RACE FOR THE PODIUM:Carl
Edwards finished 39th while Kasey Kahne
finished 33rd, and Kahne now leads Edwards by 41 points for 10th
place.